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'''Bullock's''' was founded in 1907 at Seventh and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G. Bullock, with the support of [[The Broadway|The Broadway Department Store]] owner [[Arthur Letts]]. In 1923, Bullock and business partner P.G. Winnett bought out Letts' interest after his death and the companies became completely separated. In 1929 Bullock & Winnett opened a luxury branch on [[Wilshire Boulevard]], referred to at the time as [[Bullocks Wilshire|Bullock's Wilshire]] (the apostrophe would later be removed).

 

 

Starting in 1958, Bullock's built a series of four shopping centers initially called '''Bullock's Fashion Square''', small, elegant, and open-air, with large Bullock's stores dominating, surrounded by only around 20 or 30 much smaller specialty stores, such as [[I. Magnin]], [[Desmond's]], [[Mandel's]] and [[Silverwoods]]. The total gross buildable area of Bullock's Santa Ana, for example was {{convert|340000|sqft|sqm}}, versus only {{convert|238000|sqft|sqm}} for all the other retailers combined. [[MainPlace Mall|Bullock's Fashion Square in Santa Ana]] opened in 1958, followed by a Fashion Square for the San Fernando Valley (later "[[Sherman Oaks Fashion Square]]") in 1962, a [[Del Amo Fashion Center|Fashion Square in Torrance]] (later called "Del Amo Fashion Square") in September 1966 and [[La Habra Fashion Square|Fashion Square in La Habra]] (which uniquely included a [[Buffum's]] branch from the beginning) in April 1968.<ref name="auto">{{cite thesis |last1=Cole |first1=David K. |title=Main Place: a Look at a Multi-use Redevelopment |date=1976 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/72729/13981564-MIT.pdf |degree=Bachelor of Science | institution=University of Illinois}}</ref>